- Source: 181 Eucharis
181 Eucharis is a large, slowly rotating main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Pablo Cottenot on February 2, 1878, from Marseille Observatory. It was his only asteroid discovery. This object was named after Eucharis, a nymph from the 17th-century novel Les Aventures de Télémaque.
In the Tholen classification system, it is categorized as a stony S-type asteroid, while the Bus asteroid taxonomy system lists it as an Xk asteroid. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Goat Mountain Astronomical Research Station in Rancho Cucamonga, California during 2007 gave a light curve with a leisurely rotation period of 52.23 ± 0.05 hours.
This object is the namesake of a family of 149–778 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.
References
External links
181 Eucharis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
181 Eucharis at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar planet minor/101–200
- Daftar planet minor: 1–1000
- 181 Eucharis
- Eucharis
- Pablo Cottenot
- 181 (disambiguation)
- K-type asteroid
- 180 Garumna
- 181 (number)
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- 182 Elsa
